(1907-06-27)June 27, 1907 Holmes County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
April 3, 1972(1972-04-03) (aged 64) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Catherine Cheek
Education
Holmes Community College Millsaps College
Earl Buford Ellington (June 27, 1907 – April 3, 1972) was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963, and again from 1967 to 1971. Along with his political ally, Frank G. Clement, he helped lead a political machine that controlled the governor's office for 18 years, from 1953 to 1971.
Ellington was a supporter of President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was appointed in 1965 as the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning during the Johnson Administration.[1]
^Vaughn May, "Buford Ellington," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 29 December 2012.
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elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Governor BufordEllington was ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Tennessee...
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